The Life of Washington Irving, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1935 - 484 pages |
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Page 44
... interest to such an incident as that of the Creole village , as opposed to Cooper's grasp upon the frontier , we observe Irving's weakness . He was not the man to depict a Leather- stocking . The interest of his association with it is ...
... interest to such an incident as that of the Creole village , as opposed to Cooper's grasp upon the frontier , we observe Irving's weakness . He was not the man to depict a Leather- stocking . The interest of his association with it is ...
Page 126
... interest in the essay on manners , in which he was already an adept through The Sketch Book and Bracebridge Hall , a species of writing on Spanish themes akin to the costumbrista movement . With his usual good fortune he took the taste ...
... interest in the essay on manners , in which he was already an adept through The Sketch Book and Bracebridge Hall , a species of writing on Spanish themes akin to the costumbrista movement . With his usual good fortune he took the taste ...
Page 320
... interest , associated with the writer of a Crayon Miscellany , that in supernatural legend . Irv- ing had dwelt upon the story , which he had from Colonel Wildman , of " The Little White Lady . " Could this be true ? Irving vouchsafed ...
... interest , associated with the writer of a Crayon Miscellany , that in supernatural legend . Irv- ing had dwelt upon the story , which he had from Colonel Wildman , of " The Little White Lady . " Could this be true ? Irving vouchsafed ...
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REESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA 18321837 | 27 |
CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC 18321837 | 48 |
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